Zelva district
District of Grodno Region, Belarus
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Zelva district or Zeĺva district[2] (Belarusian: Зэльвенскі раён; Russian: Зельвенский район) is a district (raion) of Grodno region in Belarus. The administrative center is Zelva.[1] As of 2024, it has a population of 12,851.[1]
Notable residents
- Vasil Zacharka (1877–1943), Belarusian statesman and president of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic[3]
- Raphael Lemkin (1900–1959), drafter of the Genocide Convention